| Paradamoetas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
Paradamoetas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885.[2] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Damoetas.
Species
As of June 2023 it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America:[1]
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ↑ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 62–86.
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